Justin Olivetti
Senior Reporter
A casual gamer and long-time MMO fan, Justin is often heard yelling, "Player housing for all!" in the Massively Overpowered offices. In addition to news, he tackles LOTRO Legendarium for LOTRO, The Perfect Ten, Jukebox Heroes, the retrospective Game Archaeologist series, One Shots, and the Massively OP podcast.
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The Game Archaeologist: Dragon Ball Online, the MMO that never made it to the west
It was back in 1986 that Toei Animation, a Japanese company, brought a new series called Dragon Ball into the world. The initial run...
Chronicles of Elyria begins alpha testing… a feedback form
Despite vows to bring about an alpha for one of the Chronicles of Elyria titles by the end of 2023, it should shock precisely...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best fishing system?
Fishing absolutely mystifies me. Oh, in real life, I get it: It's a way to be completely lazy, drink beer, and still catch your...
Tamriel Infinium: The history of Elder Scrolls games (before and after Elder Scrolls Online)
There's nothing quite like that feeling when you first dip your toes into a particular game only to discover that it's part of a...
Tarisland’s new story trailer takes another cue from World of Warcraft
Tarisland fans have not been wanting for fuel to power the mighty hype engines of this upcoming MMORPG. On top of dev blogs and...
What we knew about Blizzard’s now-dead survival game, Odyssey
The history of Blizzard's game development includes a graveyard full of titles that never made it to launch, including the likes of Starcraft Ghost,...
Mad World finally arrives on Steam after a nine-month delay
Cast your mind all the way back to spring of 2023 when you were but a carefree gamer in a garden of delights. However,...
Palworld tops 2M concurrency on Steam as the Pokémon company ‘intends to investigate’
When we started 2024, I don't think any of us had "bizarre Pokémon shooter was going to blow up huge in January," but, well,...
Myth of Empires cranks out a playtest for its upcoming February launch
With its legal troubles hopefully behind it, medieval sandbox MMO Myth of Empires is cruising to a full launch next month. But before that...
Kritika Zero is yanked from Steam hours before its launch in favor of Valofe’s platform
In the annals of unpleasant last-minute surprises for MMO launches, this one may take the cake. Yesterday we reported that the originally NFT-infested Kritika...
The Daily Grind: What’s the key thought that keeps you from returning to MMOs?
In my decades of playing and writing about MMORPGs, there's one thing I've found to be incredibly true: There is no such thing as...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup
Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.
Tarisland shows female Paladin concept while saying that gender unlocking is going to take time
You know that when there's good news and bad news, it's best to take that nasty medicine first, right? Well when it comes to...
Nightingale is less than a month away – here’s a six-minute preview of its features
This is your formal heads-up that one of the most anticipated online games of 2024 is less than a month away. After years of...
Marvel Snap nerfs Blob, its troublesome deck-eater
Whenever you have a card game where the very basis of your revenue stream is the constant introduction of new cards, unbalanced concepts are...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s systems designer talks about the epic destiny refresh
With a whole lot of systems under review for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 66, it's only logical that the games systems designer emerge...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s corpses explode less frequently now
Even a middling Path of Exile patch is still a cause for celebration when it arrives, as in the case of this past week's...
Lord of the Rings Online dev stream expands on last week’s roadmap previews
The release of Lord of the Rings Online's 2024 roadmap this past week only seemed to fuel more questions than it did supply answers,...
Sea of Thieves goes deep on Season 11’s quality-of-life patch
The pirates are back from the holidays, bringing buried treasure features to Sea of Thieves with the upcoming Season 11 patch. To expound upon...
One Shots: A heated meeting
What are two words that delight you to hear as a child in school but terrify you as an adult? "Field trip!"
Rose can attest...
